The role of propriospinal interneurons in recovery from spinal cord injury
JR Flynn, BA Graham, MP Galea, RJ Callister - Neuropharmacology, 2011 - Elsevier
Over one hundred years ago, Sir Charles Sherrington described a population of spinal cord
interneurons (INs) that connect multiple spinal cord segments and participate in complex or …
interneurons (INs) that connect multiple spinal cord segments and participate in complex or …
Assessment of disability in patients with acute traumatic spinal cord injury: a systematic review of the literature
JC Furlan, V Noonan, A Singh… - Journal of …, 2011 - liebertpub.com
Given the importance of accurately and reliably assessing disability in future clinical trials,
which will test therapeutic strategies in acute spinal cord injury (SCI), we sought to appraise …
which will test therapeutic strategies in acute spinal cord injury (SCI), we sought to appraise …
Safety of intramedullary Schwann cell transplantation for postrehabilitation spinal cord injuries: 2-year follow-up of 33 cases
Object Many experimental studies on spinal cord injuries (SCIs) support behavioral
improvement after Schwann cell treatment. This study was conducted to evaluate safety …
improvement after Schwann cell treatment. This study was conducted to evaluate safety …
Controlled epi-cortical delivery of epidermal growth factor for the stimulation of endogenous neural stem cell proliferation in stroke-injured brain
MJ Cooke, Y Wang, CM Morshead, MS Shoichet - Biomaterials, 2011 - Elsevier
One of the challenges in treating central nervous system (CNS) disorders with biomolecules
is achieving local delivery while minimizing invasiveness. For the treatment of stroke …
is achieving local delivery while minimizing invasiveness. For the treatment of stroke …
Vascular disruption and the role of angiogenic proteins after spinal cord injury
MTL Ng, AT Stammers, BK Kwon - Translational stroke research, 2011 - Springer
Spinal cord injuries (SCI) can result in devastating paralysis, for which there is currently no
robustly efficacious neuroprotective/neuroregenerative treatment. When the spinal cord is …
robustly efficacious neuroprotective/neuroregenerative treatment. When the spinal cord is …
A grading system to evaluate objectively the strength of pre-clinical data of acute neuroprotective therapies for clinical translation in spinal cord injury
BK Kwon, EB Okon, E Tsai, MS Beattie… - Journal of …, 2011 - liebertpub.com
The past three decades have seen an explosion of research interest in spinal cord injury
(SCI) and the development of hundreds of potential therapies that have demonstrated some …
(SCI) and the development of hundreds of potential therapies that have demonstrated some …
[HTML][HTML] Investigating regeneration and functional integration of CNS neurons: lessons from zebrafish genetics and other fish species
VC Fleisch, B Fraser, WT Allison - … Acta (BBA)-Molecular Basis of Disease, 2011 - Elsevier
Zebrafish possess a robust, innate CNS regenerative ability. Combined with their genetic
tractability and vertebrate CNS architecture, this ability makes zebrafish an attractive model …
tractability and vertebrate CNS architecture, this ability makes zebrafish an attractive model …
Pharmacological interventions for spinal cord injury: where do we stand? How might we step forward?
Despite numerous studies reporting some measures of efficacy in the animal literature, there
are currently no effective therapies for the treatment of traumatic spinal cord injuries (SCI) in …
are currently no effective therapies for the treatment of traumatic spinal cord injuries (SCI) in …
Biomarkers for severity of spinal cord injury in the cerebrospinal fluid of rats
JM Lubieniecka, F Streijger, JHT Lee, N Stoynov, J Liu… - PloS one, 2011 - journals.plos.org
One of the major challenges in management of spinal cord injury (SCI) is that the
assessment of injury severity is often imprecise. Identification of reliable, easily quantifiable …
assessment of injury severity is often imprecise. Identification of reliable, easily quantifiable …
Spinal cord injury therapies in humans: an overview of current clinical trials and their potential effects on intrinsic CNS macrophages
JC Gensel, DJ Donnelly… - Expert opinion on …, 2011 - Taylor & Francis
Introduction: Macrophage activation is a hallmark of spinal cord injury (SCI) pathology. CNS
macrophages, derived from resident microglia and blood monocytes, are ubiquitous …
macrophages, derived from resident microglia and blood monocytes, are ubiquitous …